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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Ode to my couch!

So I haven't blogged in six weeks, I know. I have been SLAMMED! I have a really hard time admitting my own limits, but work, travel for work, full time school, one book to promote, and one to finish writing means no free time for Shauna.

Thus, I did something brilliant! I took two days off for no real reason. Actually, the reason was a 15 page paper due next week, and I am almost done, but two days off has allowed me to:

1. Clean up my room2. Clean the kitchen3. Tell the landlord about broken stuff4. Fill out my FAFSA5. Pay some old parking tickets that have been waiting6. Watch and return my Netflix movies7. Make doctor's apointments and find a dentist8. Secure renters insurance9. WRITE

When you lack free time and buy yourself some, the productivity is amazing, but something else is even better.

...Nothing...

I have had time to sit on my couch, watch television, and do little else. And I KNOW it sounds lazy, but when you don't ever get to do nothing, it is a delightful when the opportunity presents itself.

So this is an ode to my couch. It's a leather chaise, covered with a fleece blanket and a bunch of pillows. And I love it. At this point in time, I would consider marrying it if possible. :) The amazing part of it all is being able to sit still knowing that I have written. I have worked on the book...

This is certainly not the most interesting things I've ever had to say, for sure, but I am warming up to a review of a truly amazing book I am almost finished with.

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Shauna Kelley is a maven of moonlighting, spending her time part-timing as a writer, teacher, baker, crocheter, gardener, and reader. Her favorite full-time gig is being mom to one amazing little boy.
She lives near Baltimore with her husband, kiddo, and extremely hyper dog.

Awards

ForeWord Reviews is pleased to announce the 2010 Book of the Year Awards list of finalists. Representing more than 350 publishers, the finalists were selected from 1400 entries in 56 categories. These books are examples of independent publishing at its finest. Lucky Press, LLC is an independent book publisher based in Athens, Ohio, and has three titles announced as finalists.

Max and Menna by Shauna Kelley (of Baltimore, Maryland) is a finalist in the Young Adult Fiction category. It is the story of three teenagers who survive poverty and prejudice in the South in the 1980s.